Rapaport talks up fair trade diamonds
11.12.06
Isaac Mostovicz writes...
Martin Rapaport is urging industry professionals to join his new fair trade jewellery association.
We are also establishing a non-profit organization — The Fair Trade Diamond and Jewelry Association — that will work to ensure fair compensation and beneficiation to the poorest members of our industry.
The Rapaport Group is establishing a non-profit fund for the education of the children of artisanal diamond diggers in Sierra Leone.
Rapaport will be donating $100,000 to kick off this program. We have asked and hope that others will work with us so that we may do something powerfully good for the people of Sierra Leone.
This action is a proper response to the public perception.
